The Marly Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 1 hour ago, stevensanph said: Ali McCann makes the Football365 winners list... Unfortnately he seems to be a completely different Ali McCann to the one we sold... I've tried to translate the first sentence into English. I failed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviemay17 Posted November 4, 2021 Share Posted November 4, 2021 4 hours ago, The Marly said: I've tried to translate the first sentence into English. I failed. "Preston are sh*te and can only attract players from diddy teams who punch above their weight" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankChickens1 Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 16 hours ago, stevensanph said: Ali McCann makes the Football365 winners list... Unfortnately he seems to be a completely different Ali McCann to the one we sold... To be fair, he is a Scottish youngster. Just happens to play for NI. I take the point though, journalists wouldn't regularly call McTominay English 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I give it 3 years before the Scottish media ask how we let McCann slip through the net. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, mizfit said: I give it 3 years before the Scottish media ask how we let McCann slip through the net. There is an irony in the way we fall over ourselves to try and cap English players at all age groups, yet have no interest in getting Scots eligible for other countries tied to the system. Wonder what Ewan Henderson was up to this week? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenrothes 1884 saint Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I was talking to a former coach at Saints, and former manager elsewhere and he didn’t rate Ali, said he was too soft, I couldn’t believe it, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fife Saint Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I was talking to a former coach at Saints, and former manager elsewhere and he didn’t rate Ali, said he was too soft, I couldn’t believe it,Certainly not something you could accuse him of in last 2nor 3 years. Tenacious and competent tackler and not afraid to give big licks to teammates and officials. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Radford said: There is an irony in the way we fall over ourselves to try and cap English players at all age groups, yet have no interest in getting Scots eligible for other countries tied to the system. So true. McGeady and McCarthy others that spring to mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 2 hours ago, glenrothes 1884 saint said: I was talking to a former coach at Saints, and former manager elsewhere and he didn’t rate Ali, said he was too soft, I couldn’t believe it, Scottish football in a nutshell. Forget about ability, he's not physical enough. Get these job for the boys "you never played the game"c***s as far to f**k from football as fucking possible. c***s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 So true. McGeady and McCarthy others that spring to mind. Wasn’t McCarthy told he wasn’t physical enough at 15 years old? Monumental f**k up there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radford Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I took @glenrothes 1884 saint comment to mean too soft as a person. Which is even more of a nonsense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 56 minutes ago, mizfit said: Wasn’t McCarthy told he wasn’t physical enough at 15 years old? Monumental f**k up there. Wouldn't surprise me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 4 hours ago, glenrothes 1884 saint said: I was talking to a former coach at Saints, and former manager elsewhere and he didn’t rate Ali, said he was too soft, I couldn’t believe it, The key word here is "former". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Marly Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 8 hours ago, FrankChickens1 said: To be fair, he is a Scottish youngster. Just happens to play for NI. I take the point though, journalists wouldn't regularly call McTominay English They regularly call McTominay shite though. Much the same thing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 6 hours ago, glenrothes 1884 saint said: I was talking to a former coach at Saints, and former manager elsewhere and he didn’t rate Ali, said he was too soft, I couldn’t believe it, There is a tendency in Scotland for coaches to over think their coaching and approaches to coaching. I'm sure by most measures, on paper many of the coaches in Scotland are very highly qualified, but where we lack is the ability to just let good players play. It's been said many times that we can coach the ability out of players. For some and probably Ali in this case, they did need to toughen up if they want to be a ball winning midfielder, but Scotland is littered with players that are technically on par for their age peers elsewhere but drummed out of the game for being too wee etc. I suspect in McCanns case,,like a lot others, if he didn't play in the way the coaches for Scotland at that time wanted, then he was ignored and because they are petty, would continue to ignore him regardless of how well he did. Folk have a go at Mcarthy and McGeady for choosing Ireland, but I'm sure if you asked both before either Scotland or Ireland got in contact, they'd both have chosen Scotland. Same for McCann I'm sure too. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Theyellowbox said: Folk have a go at Mcarthy and McGeady for choosing Ireland, but I'm sure if you asked both before either Scotland or Ireland got in contact, they'd both have chosen Scotland. Same for McCann I'm sure too. Im sure McCarthy has said he chose Ireland because he was never asked by Scotland, he has an Irish grannie i think, so not that close a connection, and speaking to McCann after the cup win he said he was never approached by Scotland, so when N Ireland asked him it was a choice of play for them or no international football. I'm not saying he 100% would have chosen Scotland over them, but there wasn't a choice to make. If Scotland had got there first he would likely be a Scotland player now. I know folk like to jump in with the fact we have a strong midfield at international level, and he wouldn't be getting a game. Give it a year or two.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Stiles Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 I thought McGeady got slaughtered because he turned Scotland down to fulfill his granddad's dying wish that he played for Ireland. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nelsjfc Posted November 5, 2021 Share Posted November 5, 2021 Any one got a link to the any of the u21 squads McCann was left out of? Be interesting to see where some of those names are now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mizfit Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Looks like Vertainain may be starting the league cup semi. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 30 minutes ago, mizfit said: Looks like Vertainain may be starting the league cup semi. Nope, he'll be lucky to get on. I'm actually swaying towards "do these c***s deserve new contracts?" With several of the players going out of contract this season. Time for a refresh imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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